Thursday, June 13, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Shanna Welsh-Levin

Our June speaker is, Shanna Welsh-Levin, Senior Counsel at SoCal Realty Law, APC, and a member of our bar association, who returns to provide us with an Update on Landlord-Tenant Laws & Legal Issues to include recent changes which have further expanded legal obligations of Landlords and Property Managers under California’s Tenant Protection Act (TPA), as well as local tenant protection laws such as the City of San Diego Tenant Protection Ordinance, the City of Chula Vista Tenant Protection Ordinance, and other laws that have gone into effect since her prior presentation on this subject two years ago.

Additionally, Mrs. Welsh-Levin will address the impact upon the Landlord-Tenant relationship resulting from new anti-discrimination laws relating to source of income, and government subsidized (Section 8) rental assistance programs; and will address new laws relating to security deposits, new documents to include with residential leases, and more new laws that landlords need to be aware of.

Mrs. Welsh-Levin has a has a comprehensive and detailed understanding of this legal area, and the continually evolving laws which impact it.  You will not want to miss this presentation at our new meeting location. 

We hope that all of you can attend this 1.0 hr MCLE credit program. 

Note:  While this will be an “in-person” presentation, those of you unable to attend in-person may participate through Zoom meeting access.

Some Information about our Speaker:

Attorney Shanna Welsh-Levin is the owner and Senior Attorney of So Cal Realty Law. She is a member of the State Bar of California, and the San Diego County Bar Association. Mrs. Welsh-Levin is a California licensed real estate broker and an active member of the San Diego Association of REALTORS^®. She has served on committees at SDAR and attended legislative functions as a representative of the association. She is also a member of the California Association of REALTORS^® and regularly attends the C.A.R. Legal Affairs Forum.

Mrs. Welsh-Levin has twenty years of experience handling real estate legal matters including litigation, trials, mediation, and transactions. She represents real estate investors and professionals to prepare joint venture agreements, purchase and sale agreements, leases, and related contracts, and to enforce those contracts through the court, if necessary.

During the recession and housing crisis from 2007 through 2014, Mrs. Welsh-Levin participated in hundreds of HOME Clinics that took place throughout San Diego County, Imperial County, and Riverside County. The clinics were sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In doing this, she developed a deep understanding of mortgage lending and servicing. Mrs. Welsh-Levin is confident litigating against big mortgage banks and servicers on behalf of California property owners, and she was instrumental in passing California’s short sale anti-deficiency statute. which created California Code of Civil Procedure §580e.

Since April 2020, when COVID happened, Ms. Welsh-Levin started a monthly webinar series called “Landlords Need to Know”. Through this webinar series, Shanna keeps herself and her clients and colleagues up to date with the ever-evolving tenant protections in California.

Mrs. Welsh-Levin holds the degree of Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Jazz Music. She worked as a professional jazz and pop musician and taught private saxophone lessons for many years.